Nativity Sensory Bin for Christmas

Yesterday, our Playmobil Nativity arrived in the mail and it is sooooo cute! I absolutely love it! It took me awhile to put all the tiny pieces together, but it was so worth it- what a great toy! I was trying to decide what was the best way for me to keep all the little pieces together in my house, and knew it needed to be contained, so I made a nativity sensory bin for my kids to play with!

Wooden palm trees from craft store (They had 5 different options- the ones I got were already painted and only 60 cents each.)

Blocks for building the stable and the Inn

Wooden star, also from craft store, also already painted (I glued it to the end of a popsicle stick so that you can stand it up in the rice to make it tall.)

Wooden fence pieces from craft store (I had to paint these white myself.)

All inside a Rubbermaid tub- this way I can put the lid on when play time is over!

We had so much fun putting this together! First, we colored rice green. We put the rice into big aluminum roasting pans, and added several squirts of hand sanitizer, and some green food coloring. I didn’t measure anything. You can also use rubbing alcohol rather than hand sanitizer, but I couldn’t find ours. Stir until it’s all green, and then let it dry. I put ours in the oven on “warm”, stirring occasionally, to speed up the drying process. My kids really enjoyed this process!

Then I just arranged all the stuff in there for the kids. I had a lot of fun setting it up!

Having the rice in there makes it so much fun to play with and arrange!

I have so many memories of being a child and setting up our nativity set when decorating for Christmas. Setting it up was all the fun! Now my kids have a nativity set they can rearrange as many times as they like!

Thanks for this great idea! We got our playmobile set out of the attic yesterday and I didn’t know what to do with it or where to put it. The floor doesn’t work since the baby will put all the stuff in his mouth. This is the perfect solution and I know the kids will love it. I’m doing this right now!
-Sarah

What a great idea! We have the Playmobil Nativity set, but it’s usually put up so the baby can’t get it because of all of the small pieces. So I like the idea to have it’s own box and turning it into sensory play. Looks like so much fun, too! 🙂

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